CVE-2025-2947
IBM i privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.2 High
- Published
- Apr 17, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 29, 2025
Description
IBM i 7.6
contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command. A malicious actor can use the command to elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-278 Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
iIBM |
|
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7231025vendor-advisorypatch
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